Improved animal-teap



lNvgNToR- N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D, C4

P. W. KING, or :Lo-WVILLE, NEW YORK,

Lem Patent Name- 22, .dans Mag/ 5, 186s.

IMPROVED ANIMADTRAP.

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Be 1t known that I, IP. 4W. KI NG,I-.of Loxrv-illofin the count-y of Lewis, and State of New York, have invented'I a new and improved SelSetti-ug Animal'lrap; and I de hereby doclare'that the following is a full and exact t description thereof, reference boing hadto vthe accompanying drawings, and the explanatory letters thereon; forming a, part oi this specili'cation, in which- I i Figure 1 is a perspective vien',- I Figure 2 a plan, and i vFigure 3 a longitudinal section on the line A B on plan. VIn en'ch of the drawings-- i Cis'the platform. D, the axis on which the platform turns.y E, a rigid bent wire, from the short end of the lever 'F to the spring-catch. F, the lever projectingover theplatform C. l -G, the inclinedplaneleading to platform C. H, part `of incline G, forming the door H.V I I,liinges of thel door J, the'spring-catch, of iron.. K, stanehions, formed on the end of the box, to which the lever F -is pinned.' L, a partition, with a. slot at ,the top, through which the catch-spring protrudes l',lhe ltopconsists of a tiltingplatform, mounted'on an axis, vwith a suitable count'erpoisc'atone end. This' counterpoise always brings Itho platform to 11..'h'o'rizontal position, 'when the platform is unloaded. When it gets tothe horizontal-position itis secured so by 'a springscatch underneath.. It will,- with the.. spring'scatchthus secx'ning it, sustaina reasonable load, as, for example, an animal. Extending abovethe platform is a lever,

`movable on a.' p in as a fulcrunr` vO rrthe vshort-end of the lever is a-rigid bent wire, and also attached to spring-catch, forminga connection similar toa bell-crank.

Ontlxe long end of the lever which projects over-,the 'horizontal platform is secured the bait. There is a. door, with a snitable fastener, forming the'lower end^of the inclined plane,l through vwhich door the animals are To cnablejoth'ers the better to 'make use 'of my invention,` I will proceed to describe' its operation.- .Y Having constructed my boxmfwoodgor sheet iron, of the form intimatedinthe drawings,as well asthe severalparts which,.in combination, comprise a self-acting animal-trap, then' the animal is vallu'red lby thebait on the end ofthe lever F, its ascent thereto being facilitated by the inclined plane G, and it (the animal) is thus brought onthe plat-form C@ Y i The small power acting in depressing thelever at F\vhere the-bait `is well secured, whenthe animalpulls, at the bait, immediately-'raises' the s hortend of the liever, and with it-rises the rigid bent'wire E, and thus draws back the spring-catch J, The weight ofV the'animal overcomingthe counter-poise of theV platform, it (theplatform) tilts down','and"precipitates theanimal into the interior of the trap. -When the` animal isclear olf the platform, thecounter-poise on' its short cndbrings it to its'horizontal position instantly, as the recoil, so to speak, is sutlicient to overcome the elasticity of the 'spring-catch J', moving up along-it with ver'y'little friction.

Thus thetrap is again seit, and the nlirnber of animals that can be caught only bein'glimited by the interior capacity of the trap.

The only precaution that is necessary being to secure the bait firmly in the tirstinstance. What I claim n's rnyinvcnton, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' YThe combination of .the members 0,11", F, Gr, H, and J,for the purposes intended.

I Lowville, Lewis countyNew York, November25, 1867.

P. W.VKING.' Witnesses:-

JOHN J. KNOX, FARNUM J. BROWN. 

